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Nashville Memories Website and ultimately to WDCN's series. Well,
FACEBOOK is amazing. Many groups covering such. These are just a few
of the posts on I Remember Nashville...If you join FACEBOOK please
look me up and add me as a friend. ENJOY...
Eleanor Jones Murray (San Francisco, CA) wrote
at 10:03am on October 16th, 2008
--Family Booterie's advertising jingle was:
2 for the price of 1 plus a dollar
2 for the price of 1 plus a dollar
2 for the price of 1 plus a dollar
(note: my husband remembered this although not from Nashville---he
said this 'jingle' got seared into his brain when he visited his
Grandparents)
--KDF's motto was
TUNE IT IN
TURN IT UP
...AND RIP THE KNOB OFF!!!!!
(which I did)
Mary Beth Ragland Lang wrote
at 9:32am on October 16th, 2008
I remember when they could've just as well filmed "The Hills" around
most of us, no doubt.
Mary Beth Ragland Lang wrote
at 8:49am on October 16th, 2008
I remember thanking God in the 7th grade that I hadn't been made to
take Latin because all the smart girls could be seen sweatin' a test
in the hall before class. Then there was Mrs. Simpson's Ancient
History...which I now feel strangely a part of.
Mary Beth Ragland Lang wrote
at 8:31am on October 16th, 2008
How about snow? Like a really good snow. The sledding hills from
Chickering Rd. to Sneed to that big long hill right near Sneed....
can't think of it. I think it starts with a "T". It's a wonder we made
it down that one in one piece! Summer was at the club in Belle Meade.
Boone Brothers and a guy named Sterling kept the lifegaurds busy. How
is Boone? Anyone know?
Caroline Sobel Crouch wrote
at 2:52am on October 16th, 2008
I have read this entire post and I am remembering so many things I had
forgotten! Great !memories - thank you for reminding me!
Eleanor Jones Murray (San Francisco, CA) wrote
at 12:23am on October 16th, 2008
-as a youngster, I remember FORT FRIGHTLY. After a filling up a dance
card, and 'box stepping' the night away, we would rush over to Baskin
Robbins where our moms would pick us up
-as a 'tween', I remember thinking Lions Head was the BOMB---and being
annoyed that my mother bought all my clothes at the super preppy 'Top
Drawer' when I wanted to wear nothing but Benetton. The Benetton was
in the old Green Hills Mall across from food court (does anyone
remember the baked potato eatery? so much butter & sour cream and I
thought it was AWESOME). I got my ears pierced at the top of the
escalator there, but have forgotten the name.
--As a teen, I loved Starwood and Charlie Daniels Band Jam. I remember
everyone stacking up their paper cups and lighting them on fire. These
'torches' were for when Skynrd played Free Bird and we all sang along.
I also remember "Carl's Carload" when you could get an entire car
filled with people into Starwood to see a band like Steppenwolf for a
few bucks...
Randy Pelaez wrote
at 11:59pm on October 15th, 2008
Summer Lights was the bomb when it first started in the 80's
Municipal Auditorium was the only place for concerts
Mary Beth Ragland Lang wrote
at 7:41pm on October 15th, 2008
Is that the Donut Den's pic? That was just a slight while back.
Everyone hung out before school there. I remember meeting on Fri/Sat
nights at the Mickey D's on Hillsboro Rd. to see what all was going on
for the night. (Of course the story at home before we'd leave was,"
I'll be at Sally's". & her story was," I'll be at Mary Beth's)
Andi Boklage Holbrook wrote
at 5:31pm on October 15th, 2008
I remember Nashville when the GAME ROOM in Bandywood had the latest
high-tech games, Frogger and Asteroids!
Inga Harris (Los Angeles, CA) wrote
at 1:29pm on October 15th, 2008
Remember Spatz restaurant and H.G. Hills in Hillsboro Village? Ice
skating at the old Ice Centennial! The caboose in Centennial Park! And
no one dared to down on lower Broad! And yes I too remember the pizza
place under SATCO. I was such a nerd and never tried to get alcohol,
but my friends did.
Lisa Wells Heiser wrote
at 11:49am on October 15th, 2008
Wow - this brings back memories? I remember when City Hall in Franklin
was actually a mall - we didn't have to drive to Green Hills or
Hickory Hollow! We would roller skate in the mall parking lot on
Sundays when it was closed.
--When Lower Broad was nothing more than pawn shops, hookers, and
honkey tonks.
--When 2nd Avenue was a 'cool, alternative' place to hang out/shop.
--Arguing over whether to go to Opryland or the Wave Pool on hot
summer days.
--Of course, Friday night skating in Brentwood and then Red Geranium
pizza.
--Skipping school in the Spring to go see the cool concerts outside at
Vandy - well, I HEARD that people did that :)
Lyn Robinson Jellison wrote
at 9:50pm on October 14th, 2008
cupid earrings from the Jewel Medley
The Saucy Dog in Bandywood and on 2nd
Karl's shoes on Church became a mall became the beautiful Downtown
Library
Woolworth's on 6th at Church became Watkins School for Art and Design
which moved to 100 Oaks
When 100 Oaks was an actual mall!
Seeing Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Belle Meade
theater 12 times each
Jim Dandy on Kenner (was that a Jim Dandy?)
Playing a game of I remember when with my mother and she said, I
remember when you drove down Harding Pl and it became a dirt road past
Nolensville. Okay, Mom, you win!
Julie Knupp Langdon wrote
at 8:42pm on October 14th, 2008
Anyone remember The Sailmaker restaurant where the servers dressed as
cartoon, movie, or TV characters?
Julie Knupp Langdon wrote
at 8:40pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember Shakey's Pizza in Green Hills, where we got to watch the
pizzas being made in the big glass window. I had my 6th birthday party
there. Other cool hangouts include Charlotte Skating Rink, skating to
the "S-A- TUR- DAY, Night!" song, seeing Sylvester Stallone at Tempos
after a football game one night, and cruising around Love Circle.
Bob Knestrick wrote
at 8:39pm on October 14th, 2008
Red Geranium Pizza in Brentwood, riding horses across from Greg
Meadows house on what is now Legends Golf Course, watching fireworks
on Maryland Way, playing PacMan at Maryland Farms Racquet & CC.,
Krispy Kreme & Krystals on West End, Vanderbilt Football when they had
a winning record... Oh wait, that is true again 26 years later!!!!
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 8:25pm on October 14th, 2008
The Adam Ant/ Romantics concert when it snowed and HH was actually
CLOSED for the one day that I can remember!
Tonya Abel Olson (Denver, CO) wrote
at 8:15pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember all the concerts downtown, when downtown was truly a dive.
Getting into Cantrell's at 16, easy, all the club's, guys who worked
at Cat's, remember the cool mural on the ceiling at the hot dog place
at Rivergate mall? Charlie Daniel's band jam concert, where I saw Ted
Nugent a bunch of times and spent the night at the Hyatt with my
parents while it snowed
Randy Pelaez wrote
at 8:09pm on October 14th, 2008
Girls with their Hello Kitty stuff (correct me if I'm wrong about the
name)...And Bonnie Bell lip gloss.
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 7:47pm on October 14th, 2008
having a shirley temple at Spinnaker's. That was the place where the
servers dressed up right?
Randy Pelaez wrote
at 7:42pm on October 14th, 2008
...And who can forget the girls blind devotion to Duran Duran
(especially Kathy).
Joanne Vesper Thomson (Washington, DC) wrote
at 6:52pm on October 14th, 2008
We lived in an apartment complex very near the old Belle Meade Theater
when they did the premiere of Coal Miner's Daughter. We stared out the
window to watch all the limousines.
Also I saw E.T. there and either the second or third Star Wars movie.
Joanne Vesper Thomson (Washington, DC) wrote
at 6:42pm on October 14th, 2008
We saw Van Cliburn in concert before TPAC had been opened, and we got
to go backstage (it was a special treat for my younger brother's
birthday...I forget if it was his 3rd, 4th or 5th. We were so
starstruck by meeting Van Cliburn...not necessarily because of the
Moscow Competition, or his piano skills, or anything like that, but
because HE KNEW MR. ROGERS. To two preschoolers/kindergarteners, that
was the height of accomplishment. We were so thrilled having met
someone who'd actually appeared on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! And he
promised to say hello to Mr. Rogers for us!
Kristin Holbrook Bentley wrote
at 6:42pm on October 14th, 2008
and MY cool attire for Brentwood Skate Center....authentic RED Ralph
Lauren polo shirt probably picked up at Steinmart and fatigue green
shorts or Levi's bought at that Army/Navy store....Friedman's??
Kristin Holbrook Bentley wrote
at 6:38pm on October 14th, 2008
.....combing through used records and tapes at the Great Escape (and
being sure to secure the latest in peace sign jewelry)
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 6:34pm on October 14th, 2008
how about wearing a polo, under a polo, under another polo to the Red
Geranium for pizza and then to the Brentwood Skate Center for a night
of skating to SuperFreak.
Joanne Vesper Thomson (Washington, DC) wrote
at 6:26pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember when the Hyatt Regency was really new and some people
weren't sure if it was the Hyatt Regency or the "Highest
Regency" (There was that revolving restaurant, so wouldn't it be
Highest?)
Elizabeth Lane McAlister wrote
at 5:08pm on October 14th, 2008
How about birthday parties at the Polaris Room? The revolving
restaurant at the top of a hotel in downtown.....or Papagallo on
Bandywood?
Dan McNamara wrote
at 3:35pm on October 14th, 2008
My HS buddy's family owned Burger Chef on Nolensville Rd.. We took a
bunch of frozen burgers from there to Panama City, and wound up with a
giant disgusting meatball that nearly killed all of us. Made for some
good eatin' when washed down with a nice Florida warm temp can o' Cost
Cutter beer from Kroger, though. Any discussion of Southwinds happen
on here yet? The expression "shooting fish in a rain barrel" comes to
mind to describe that place.
Craig Menzie wrote
at 2:44pm on October 14th, 2008
The Pop Shop, Brentwood Skate Center, Burger Chef...I am loving these
trips down memory lane!! Worthless Fact: Burger Chef chain was created
by the company that made the burger broilers just so it sell more
broilers. Hmmmmm...
Craig Menzie wrote
at 2:32pm on October 14th, 2008
You all have come up with some great stuff! The Glass Onion reference
brings back some great memories. I remember sneaking out in high
school on a week night to see Guadalcanal Diary at Nashville Center
Stage (no longer but was in the sketch side of the river near Titans
stadium). Maryland Farms Racquet and Country Club (eating at Wicker
Basket restaurant) before YMCA bought it. I remember jumping off the
platforms at night (after hours) at Maryland Farms...quite a thrill.
My parents' first night in Nashville was spent at the Loveless Motel
when it was still a motel. Nice! Melrose Lanes and Golden Rail and
Cue. Mr. Gattis in Green Hills. Oh wait...Shakey's Pizza in Green
Hills was way back. "One for the Sun" at the Amphitheater. Good Times!
Ed Childers wrote
at 1:44pm on October 14th, 2008
I also remember going to visit my cousins in Tuscaloosa BEFORE I-65
was built and having to take Franklin or Hillsboro Roads all the way
to Birmingham! Also, doing race car laps in my car around Harpeth
Hall's track before it became a track and field surface.
Janet Hagan wrote
at 1:36pm on October 14th, 2008
there were Cat's Records and Tapes all over town, when Guilt,
Clockhammer and Wishcraft took over Belmont House (well, not Guilt),
when Fr. Ryan High School was on Elliston Place, when Obie's Pizza had
tables you could carve in, when Moskow's was the best place to buy
clove cigarettes. I also remember the Glass Onion, the Cannery, 328
Performance Hall, Dragon Park, Flagpole Hill, the City Without a
Subway album and the White Roach! One of the things (out of many) I
can't remember is what The End was called in all its previous
incarnations.
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 1:27pm on October 14th, 2008
Oh Scojo I had totally forgotten about Burger Chef!!! I loved that
place!
I also loved the "drive up" Shoney's on Nolensville Road.
Jessica Harrison wrote
at 12:29pm on October 14th, 2008
I also remember when there was no Concord Rd exit off of I-65!
Jessica Harrison wrote
at 12:29pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember when Cool Springs was Cool Springs Farm and there was no
Carothers Parkway at Moore's Lane.
Scott Johnson wrote
at 12:19pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember when...
The Sportsmans Grille on Hwy 100 was a Burger Chef
Whitts BBQ on Harding Road was a Tex Ritters, then the Cockeyed Camel
When Illusions was a grocery store then The Steeplechase nightclub
When it was unsafe to go to East Nashville...wait...it still is!!
Donna Dautreuil Walsh wrote
at 12:13pm on October 14th, 2008
I remember when Old Hickory was 2 lanes between B-wood and Hickory
Hollow and if you hit the dip at Edmonson Pike fast enough you almost
went airborne.
Hanging out on the patio at San Antonio Taco Co
Listening to Phil Vasser at Courtyard Cafe
Parties in Jon's basement!
Cross Corner was actually on a corner in the Baskin Robbins strip
center.
People Waste...the night before Steeplechase
Linda Thornton wrote
at 10:52am on October 14th, 2008
I remember when at Christmas time there was a life sized nativity
scene that spanned the length of the Parthenon. It had lights and
music playing and made me feel like I was in a magical place. I
remember cruising Shoney's drive-in (not drive through) on Friday
nights.
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 10:50am on October 14th, 2008
Don't forget about Deli Junction!
Katie McDill Stover (Huntsville / Decatur, AL) wrote
at 10:46am on October 14th, 2008
I remember when The Green Hills Mall was still small...my dad asking
me if we had even seen a movie when he picked me up from Lion's
Head...walking to the Purple Cow on Granny White...The Glass Onion!
Scott Sosna wrote
at 10:04am on October 14th, 2008
I remember when crank calls were immune from "Caller ID"
Susan Cowden wrote
at 9:51am on October 14th, 2008
I remember always being able to find "the crowd" at the Krystal in
Belle Meade, late night at the Cockeyed Camel or at the entrance to
the park on Sunday afternoon.
Olivia Daane Reische wrote
at 9:46am on October 14th, 2008
I remember....McLellans? field at Ensworth, hanging out late-night in
houses still under construction in Sugartree....the parking lot of the
Lion's Head Wendy's... some place we went in Bandywood to play
Frogger.....shouting the lyrics to songs by the Violent Femmes while
being driven around during "rush" for SAP....this does make you feel
ancient:)
Mary Sheridan Page Fatzinger wrote
at 9:46am on October 14th, 2008
Not much time to write right now; but I'm not believing that Lion's
Head has not been mentioned! And Sugartree........thanks, Mom, for
always getting there right before The Fuzz arrived!!!!!!
Tricia Ptomey Patterson (Atlanta, GA) wrote
at 9:43am on October 14th, 2008
I remember watching Top Gun at the Belle Meade theater.
- when Bandywood was THE place to shop.
- when 440 opened!
- going to Mr. Gatti's after MBA football games
Kristin Holbrook Bentley wrote
at 9:26am on October 14th, 2008
(sorry - I am memory hogging here).....Belcourt Twin Theater with its
big lounge chairs in the back where you could smoke
Kristin Holbrook Bentley wrote
at 8:57am on October 14th, 2008
....season tix to Vandy basketball games with Dad and getting to sit
next to the deep voiced Oak Ridge Boy (he was funny)
.... stopping at the Brown Cow after cross country meets at Percy
Warner to share a tube of chocolate chip cookie dough
....waiting at the city bus station b/t Vandy and USN
....the lunch counter at Moon Drugs
.... looking for trouble at Dragon Park, Love Circle, JJ's, Lions Head
.... a cheesy band that was all the rage in middle school - White
Animals maybe??
.... Jimmy Kelly's when it was an old stone house near Belle Meade
Theater
.... the rowdiness of the hill crowd at Steeplechase
Ellen Crawford True wrote
at 8:49am on October 14th, 2008
I remember going to Candyland (not Vandyland) and eating chocolate
drifts
Making my dad angry when I spent too long hanging out during (and well
past the end of) halftime at Vandy basketball games
Having a birthday party at Mr. Gatti's before Ft. Nightley
Having to find and then wear a freshly pressed white apron to serve at
the MBA Spaghetti Supper
Claire Poggenburg Gonzalez wrote
at 8:02am on October 14th, 2008
Anyone remember Tater Junction in Green Hills Mall?? I also have
really fond memories of Mills Bookstore. I spent many hours there. How
about the downtown public library? The billards place on West End? I
think there is a bank there now. The Dragon Park was the place to hang
out for awhile at night. And smoking the behind the Lion's Head
theater! So many memories!
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 7:04am on October 14th, 2008
I also remembered buying singles at the Record Barn by Kroger's in
Green Hills where the mall is now.
Spending hours at the Green Hills Game Room and then hanging out in
the Kroger parking lot.
I remember when the GreenHouse was actually a place that you could buy
plants and not jagerbombs.
Saying "Good Evening Mrs. Hutchison" before Ft. Nightly and HATING it
because I was scared no one would ask me to dance.
Going up to Love Circle for the view
Deborah's mom letting us sneak a few sips of her white zinfandel and
then dancing on the flashing dance floor at Tempo's.
How can you forget Madame Fifi? I've really considered being a Madam
Fifi in the past few years because Nashville needs it and I'm just
whack enough that I would enjoy it.
Maria Kate Johns (Jacksonville, FL) wrote
at 6:02am on October 14th, 2008
I remember when Henpeck was an actual country gas station owned by a
guy name smiley who used to give me grape nehi's and chocolate bars...
When Hickory Hollow was the only mall besides the outdoor strip called
Green Hills, the only target was in Antioch, Battle Ground Academcy
was actuall located near a real battleground and Al Gore was in TN
inventing the internet...
I also remember when downtown Franklin had a hooker on main street and
they filmed Senn Penn's At Close Range through town..
I remember Nashville/Franklin when Dotson's furniture was new...
Inga Harris (Los Angeles, CA) wrote
at 2:05am on October 14th, 2008
I also remember ditching class to run down to Hot Stop across from
Vandy to get a slurpee (which wasn't as great as an Icee!).
Inga Harris (Los Angeles, CA) wrote
at 2:02am on October 14th, 2008
2 for the price of 1 plus a dollar!!!! Family Booterie! Remember when
Jones Pet Shop had a monkey in a cage? And remember when Green Hills
Mall was more like a strip mall and Hickory House had free samples of
Summer Sausage? Who remembers Mills Bookstore? Every school book I
bought from 1st to 12th grade, I got there. Thank you for this page!
My fond memories will never die!
Maria Dolan wrote
at 12:01am on October 14th, 2008
I'm no native Nashvillean, but since you invited me, Kathy, I'll tell
you what I saw as a newcomer: I arrived in 1984 from Seattle, a fact
which meant I was called "Yankee" more than once. As I recall, Jimmy
Pickle had a rebel flag displayed in the back window of his car, which
was new to me. My first square burger at Krystal's. (Was that the
name?) The Cotton Patch, Bandywood. The arrival of oh so sophisticated
Haagen Dazs. Clove cigarettes. Sorority honks. My first grits. Add-a-
bead necklaces. San Antonio Taco Company. Selling Krispy Kreme donuts
to Vandy fraternities on a weekend morning. Curly fries at that place
near that movie theatre (help me out here! My memory is flagging).
Barbara Mandrell photo.
Shelbie Freeman Bateman wrote
at 11:08pm on October 13th, 2008
The Family Bootery, Eddie? Damn, that IS old-school. Did the parents
ever take you shopping at Rich-Schwartz? How much did I love the tiny
girls' room with its tiny fixtures? How about The Jewel Medley in
Bandywood? When it still had cobble streets? Riding my bike around
Green Hills, and there was hardly any traffic. Buying Icees at the
Kwik Sak on Richard Jones Road. Jolly Ranchers at the Purple Cow.
Walking around Burton Farm and wondering why the old slave quarters
were filled to the rafters with office furniture. Remember the creek
there? Opryland. The Games Store. Belle Meade Theatre. Green Hills
Theatre, where Grace's is now. Buying Madeline L'Engle books at Davis-
Kidd, across the street. Prom dresses from LaRawn's. Making fake IDs
in GG's basement and then going to have our first drinks in a
bar...Amy's. Jonsey's. The Urban Lounge.
Randy Pelaez wrote
at 10:16pm on October 13th, 2008
...Going to McDonald's or Green Hills Game room to find the parties
...Pepper's pizza, Satco, and Deli Junction to enjoy adult beverages
...My band playing multiple high school parties, homecomings, SAP and
Pi Phi parties, and the Mac Daddy FRA '87 graduation party the night
before I graduated ( I have the video )...BRILLIANT!
Kristin Holbrook Bentley wrote
at 9:20pm on October 13th, 2008
.... Spending the entire summer roaming around Richland Country Club
before it was a subdivision.
.... The dreaded Fort Knightly but the ice cream that made it worth
it.
.... Driving through Percy Warner late at night.
... Getting dropped off at Bandywood with my friends to pick up
painted barrettes and acrylic boxes and oh yes stickers.
... Black eyed gravy, ham and biscuits at the Loveless.
.... Watching the seniors with their Farrah Fawcett hair and
cigarettes as they sat on the wall across from USN.
Mimi Baker Swank wrote
at 9:08pm on October 13th, 2008
i remember going to fort nightly and getting my card signed by boys to
dance and then going across the street to baskin-rorbbins for ice
cream afterwards.
Ed Childers wrote
at 8:54pm on October 13th, 2008
I remember buying shoes at the Family Bootery at Green Hills Mall and
getting a golden egg from the giant hen there. Also, I remember riding
my go-cart in MD Farms before it was an office complex. Damn,
Kathy....all this is doing is making me feel old.
Kathy Jackson Scobey wrote
at 8:12pm on October 13th, 2008
I remember...being mad because my parents wouldn't let me purchase a
crate of flavored sodas at The Pop Shop in Green Hills.
Honking S A P S A P SAP IS BEST during sorority rush down Belle Meade
Boulevard. Embarassing.
Having a "snowball" at Maryland Farms after swimming all day.
Getting my wings just right before arriving at the Brentwood Skate
Center on Friday night.